Whatsapp has been buzzing all day about Zain’s 3eed wa6ani video. And with very good reason.

It’s beautiful. Just perfect. And I loved how they let girls dance this time, not make it an all men vid.

I vote to have Zain and NBK handle our national celebration operettas from now on. Who can forget NBK’s 7abeebti ya Kuwait? [link]. And I bet the two of them will do a phenomenal job, and be under budget too. Something like what we used to watch in the 80’s.

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It looks like the M.O. Communication is serious about implementing the transfer of mobile phone numbers between carriers in Kuwait. According to the ad, the transfer will begin at 12 p.m. this Saturday June 15th.

I posted about this just last week, but I was skeptical because they had promised us this before and failed (repeatedly). However, it does look like they’re very serious this time.

I say wait till Saturday to see if this is true. Till then, take it with a grain of salt.

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Saudi Telecom co., Mobily, just announced that it will offer free data roaming in Egypt and the UAE for its data plan subscribers. Prices are very cheap compared to Kuwait: 1 Gb for kd 8, 5 GB for kd 17, and unlimited data usage for just kd 30. These packages are the local plan packages, with the added benefit of using them abroad.

When will be getting this in Kuwait? All of our local telecom companies operate in neighboring countries, so we should at least get GCC and Sham area coverages with Zain (Bahrain, Jordan & Saudi), VIVA (Saudi), and Wataniya (Qatar).

In this new version, there’s a lady singing. She appears twice in the video, which in my opinion is a much better version than the “all men” one we saw a week ago. I didn’t like that version very much.

Kool effort Zain.

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Zain achieved a net profit of $1.03 Billion for the 2011 fiscal year, vs. $1.02 billion in fiscal 2010. Despite Zain’s inability to positively increase its profits for last year, a billion dollars is still a billion dollars. It’s a super major achievement in these terrible economic times. Way to go Zain, Congratulations.

Word is Zain intends on distributing cash dividends of 65 fils per share, so congratulations to all Zain shareholders.

Update: Several people have informed me that only VIVA and Zain are authorized by Apple to sell iPhone in Kuwiat. I wasn’t sure of this, but then I found the confirmation on Apple’s KW site. Here’s the [link] to confirm.